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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?
(a) Her sister.
(b) A homeless woman.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) Her daughter.

2. How does the housekeeper feel about the beating of Mr. Vercueil?
(a) She wishes to have done it herself.
(b) She condemns it.
(c) She can understand it.
(d) She is proud of it.

3. Where is the man that the narrator brings on her trip to town from?
(a) Kroncity.
(b) The Cape.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) South Central.

4. What does the narrator give to the person that lives near her house the first evening?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Cigarettes.

5. What does the narrator say about charity not being appreciated?
(a) It has no point.
(b) It is a crime.
(c) It is necessary.
(d) It is disrespectful.

6. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil when she wakes?
(a) On the kitchen floor.
(b) On the front porch.
(c) On the guest bed.
(d) On the couch.

7. What does the narrator write about?
(a) The Berlin wall.
(b) The space race.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) The Afghan war.

8. What do Bheki and his friend crash into?
(a) A police car.
(b) A bay window.
(c) A wall.
(d) A plumber's car.

9. Who calls the narrator as she plays music?
(a) A bystander.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) An old friend.
(d) A police officer.

10. Why does Florence bring Bheki back to the house?
(a) Her son could be fined.
(b) She does not want to be involved with the police.
(c) She is sought by police.
(d) She does not have insurance.

11. Where is Bheki's friend kept?
(a) In a cell at the local prison.
(b) In the psychiatric wing of the hospital.
(c) In a room full of older men.
(d) In the waiting room of the hospital.

12. What does the narrator want to do before being discouraged from doing so by Florence?
(a) File a complaint about the police.
(b) Bring Bheki to the police.
(c) Call the mayor's office.
(d) Bring Bheki to a white doctor.

13. What does the narrator offer to do for Florence?
(a) Buy her a car.
(b) Drive her to the hospital.
(c) Bring her back home.
(d) Pay for legal expenses.

14. Where does the housekeeper's husband work?
(a) At a car plant.
(b) At a chicken farming plant.
(c) At an electricity plant.
(d) At a chemical plant.

15. What do the narrator and her housekeeper do after talking with Mr. Vercueil in the kitchen?
(a) Pack his suitcase and throw it out the window.
(b) Take the woman and push her out the house.
(c) Push the woman in the pool.
(d) Take the woman and bring her to the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease is the narrator diagnosed with?

2. Why does the narrator cry when arriving in town?

3. Where is the person the narrator finds at the start of Part One?

4. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?

5. What does the narrator tell the person that lives near her house?

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